MCQ’S ON PLAGUE
1. Which of the following is associated with “Black death”
(a) Measles
(b) Plague
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Cancer
Answer: (b)
2. This is the most common form of plague causing swelling of the lymph nodes
(a) Pneumonic plague
(b) Bubonic plague
(c) Septicemic plague
(d) All of these
Answer: (b)
3. The causative of Plague is
(a) Leishmania donovani
(b) Yersinia pestis
(c) Trichinella spiralis
(d) Salmonella typhimurium
Answer: (b)
4. This can be used to prepare the vaccine of Tularemia and Plague
(a) Formalin inactivated suspension of virulent bacteria
(b) Heat killed suspension of virulent bacteria; avirulent live bacteria
(c) Chemical fraction of the causative bacteria
(d) All of these
Answer: (d)
5. This transmits Plague
(a) Tse-tse fly
(b) House fly
(c) Mosquito
(d) Rat flea
Answer: (d)
6. This set shows bacteria diseases
(a) Mumps, Malaria, poliomyelitis
(b) Tuberculosis, Tetanus, Measles
(c) Plague, Leprosy, Diphtheria
(d) Mumps, Typhoid, Cholera
Answer: (c)
7. What is the biological name of the vector/insect which carries Plague?
(a) Pediculus humanus
(b) Bacillus pestis
(c) Anopheles mosquito
(d) Xenopsylla cheopis
Answer: (d)
8. This plague type is the most serious of all forms of this disease and is contagious
(a) Septicemic Plague
(b) Pneumonic Plague
(c) Bubonic Plague
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
9. The causative of the bacterial disease, Plague is
(a) Vibrio
(b) Mycobacterium
(c) Clostridium
(d) Pasteurella pestis
Answer: (d)
10. In the life cycle of plague, this is the role of humans
(a) primary host
(b) secondary reservoir
(c) accidental intruder in rat flea cycle
(d) primary transmission vector
Answer: (c)